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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
April 15. 
as an edging. I sliall be glad to know the best way to treat 
them after blooming.—T he Doctor's Boy. 
SENDING A BOUQUET BY POST. 
As the question has been asked by one of your readers, 
I take the liberty to observe, that one of the best modes of 
sending a bouquet by post is that of sending it in a tin- 
canister, made on purpose, thus :— 
The canister should be cylindrical, opening at both ends ; 
that is to say, the top and bottom should be made to come 
off. One of the ends, which may be called the bottom, is 
made with a small cylinder fixed upright in the centre. 
The bouquet is firmly fixed in this cylinder, which has a 
layer of damp moss all round it. Then the large cylinder, 
or body of the canister, is put. in its place and covered. 
The whole is now wrapped neatly in paper, sealed, and 
directed. A canister of about six inches deep and four 
inches in diameter will be sufficient for a small bouquet. 
In this case, the inner cyliuder is about two inches deep 
and an inch-and-a-half in diameter. But, of course, mea¬ 
surements must depend on the size of the bouquet inten¬ 
ded to be sent. 
To send One or Two Single Flowers bg Post .—Fix a cork in 
the small cylinder ; make a hole down the centre of the cork 
by means of a nail or skewer, and fix the flowers in the hole. 
In this way flowers may be sent two or three hundred 
miles without injury. 
To send a large Bouquet bg Bail or Coaeh .—Make a box 
to the dimensions desired, and nail to the bottom part, four 
small pieces of wood in the form required, to hold the lower 
part of the bouquet, as in the cylinder. In every case it is 
important to have the top and bottom moveable, so that the 
bouquet may be conveniently fixed in its place, and taken 
out without damage to the blossoms.—P. F. K., Paris. 
DESCRIPTION AND PLANS OF A RANGE OF FINE-STOVES, IN THE GARDENS AT BICTON. 
By James Barnes, Gardener to Lady Rolle, Bicton, Sidmouth, Devonshire. 
The following is some account of a Pine structure 
erected here, and having had both a winter’s and summer’s 
experience of it, I am now able to offer a correct opinion 
as to its capabilities and efficiency of working, which I 
am happy to state have been in every way most satis¬ 
factory, fully answering my expectations. The house was 
put up by Mr. Ware, of Exeter; and the heating apparatus, 
which answers admirably, was fixed by Mr. Kerstahl, of 
the same town. The boiler and apparatus have been 
newly registered, and are capable of furnishing either 
bottom or top heat, with a small consumption of fuel. 
In this respect it lias a decided advantage over any 
heating apparatus I have ever seen constructed or had 
the working of. 
The house is about 77 feet in length, by 16 feet 8 
inches in width, outside measure. It is divided both at 
bottom and top into seven divisions, by means of 4-inch 
brickwork, sufficiently high to allow Pines to be cultivated 
in pots, or to give depth enough of earth, if at any time it 
should be contemplated to turn the plants out into the bed. 
